Timeline: Crisis In the Middle East | Timetoast

Period: May 19, 1919 to Mar 30, 2003

Iraqi-Kurdish Conflict

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-15467672
http://www.gale.cengage.com/pdf/whitepapers/gdc/TheKurdishQuestion.pdf
Mar 8, 1963

1963 Syrian coup d'état

http://m.thenation.com/blog/200313-march-8-1963-baath-party-seizes-power-syria
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Syrian_coup_d'état#Bibliography
Period: Dec 10, 1963 to Nov 30, 1967

Aden Emergency

http://www.psywar.org/aden.php
http://www.britishempire.co.uk/article/adenemergency.htm
Period: Sep 1, 1970 to Sep 28, 1970

Black September in Jordan

http://middleeast.about.com/od/jordan/a/jordan-black-september.htm
http://middleeast.about.com/od/terrorism/g/black-september-definition.htm
Period: Jul 20, 1974 to Aug 18, 1974

Turkish Invasion of Cyprus

http://www.moi.gov.cy/moi/pio/pio.nsf/All/6F5DD418DD053ED1C2256D6D001E7571?OpenDocument
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-2786705/the-day-family-fled-famagusta-life-changed-turkey-invaded-cyprus-1974.html
Period: Apr 13, 1975 to Oct 13, 1990

Lebanese Civil War

http://www.war-memorial.net/Lebanese-Civil-War--3.187
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/lebanon.htm
Period: Jan 7, 1978 to Feb 11, 1979

Iranian Revolution

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/909256/Iranian-Revolution-of-1978-79
http://schools.yrdsb.ca/markville.ss/history/obeyesekere/Iranian%20Revolution.ppt
Period: Jun 16, 1979 to Feb 28, 1982

Islamist Uprising in Syria
Period: Nov 20, 1979 to Dec 4, 1979

Grand Mosque Seizure

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112051155
http://www.aucegypt.edu/research/ebhrc/publications/Documents/Chronicles2012/12Article10NA.pdf
Period: Sep 22, 1980 to Aug 20, 1988

Iran-Iraq War

http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/iran-iraq-war.html
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/arabs/iraniraq.html
Period: Jan 13, 1986 to Jan 24, 1986

South Yemen Civil War

http://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/09/world/massacre-with-tea-southern-yemen-at-war.html
http://digilib.gmu.edu/jspui/bitstream/1920/3127/1/civil%20conflict%20in%20south%20yemen.pdf
Jul 31, 1987

Iranian Pilgrim Riot (Mecca Massacre)

This was a clash between Shia pilgrims and Saudi Arabian forces during the Hajj pilgrimage. Over 400 people were killed. Tensions between Shia Iran and Wahabi Saudi Arabia was the main reason this happened.
http://goo.gl/ChFpo9
http://goo.gl/ZKr7md
Period: Jul 13, 1989 to Aug 23, 1996

KDPI Insurgency

http://www.babylon.com/definition/KDPI_insurgency_(1990s)/English
http://www.wikisearch.net/search?q=KDPI%20insurgency%20(1989–96)
Period: Aug 2, 1990 to Feb 28, 1991

Gulf War

http://www.military.com/Resources/HistorySubmittedFileView?file=history_gulfwar.htm
http://www.history.com/topics/persian-gulf-war
Period: Mar 1, 1991 to Apr 5, 1991

1991 Uprisings In Iraq

http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2011/08/1991-shiite-uprising-in-southern-iraq.html
http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/jcs/article/view/4311/4924
Period: May 4, 1994 to Jul 7, 1994

Yemeni Civil War

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/yemen1.htm
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/652831/Yemen/45275/Civil-war-and-political-unrest
Dec 16, 1998

Operation Desert Fox

Operation Desert Fox was an operation to carry out bombing raids on places to hinder the development and production of chemical weapons.
http://www.defense.gov/specials/desert_fox/
Period: Mar 20, 2003 to Dec 18, 2011

Iraq War

http://www.history.com/topics/iran-iraq-war
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/870845/Iraq-War
Period: Jun 18, 2004 to Feb 6, 2015

Houthi Insuregncy in Yemen

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/yemens-forever-war-the-houthi-rebellion
http://www.historyguy.com/yemen_saada_war.htm
Period: Apr 27, 2009 to Mar 19, 2015

South Yemen Insurgency